Embroidered trimming.



M J. NEUMANN.

EMBROIDERED TRIMMING.

APPLICATION FILED Dic. ls, 1910.

Patented Feb.'13, 1917.

'UNIE ST MAHLON J'. NEUMANNQOF WYMORE, NEBRASKA.

EMBROIDERED TRIMMIN G.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 191'?.

Application led December 13, 1910. Serial No. 597,134.

To all fui/wm t may concern Be it known that I, MAHLoN J. NEUMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at IVymore, Gage county, Nebraska., have invented a certain new and useful Improvement 'in Embroidered Trinlming, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to machine-made embroidery, and particularly to machinemade embroidery provided with what is commonly termed a Schiflii embroidery edge.

One object of my invention is to provide an embroidery edge which is so formed that the threads composing same will not separate, pull apart, fray or ravel.

Another object is'to provide a machinemade embroidery edge which is composed of a series of festoons formed from parallel stitches arranged at approximately right angles to the length of the embroidery, and means for locking the festoons together and binding said parallel stitches to the cloth so as to reinforce the cloth longitudinally and prevent the cloth or the parallel stitches from separating laterally or from fraying out.

Figure 1 of the drawings illustratesl a piece of Schiiiii embroidery edge as it comes from the machine;

Fig. 2 shows the embroidery after the part of the cloth that lies outside or beyond the edge has been removed or cut off;

Fig. 3 shows how the threads composing theedge pull apart or separate laterally after the embroidery has been used; and

Fig. 4L illustrates my improved embroidery.

The embroidery made on Schiili machines is provided with an edge which is composed of a series of festoons, eachv of which co-nsists of a number of parallel lock stitches 1 arranged close together and extending at approximately right angles to the length of the embroidery. Several pieces or lengths of embroidery are formed simultaneously on a single piece of cloth, and after the cloth has been removed from the machine the portion A of the cloth which lies outside of or beyond the edge of the embroidery is removed by cutting. the cloth adjacent to the outer ends of the stitches 1 so as to separate this portion of the cloth from the embroidery,

as shown in Fig. 2. Cutting the clothy in this manner produces a raw edge, or unlinished edge, which is not capable of withstanding longitudinal strains or strains lengthwise of the embroidery, so that the result is that the edge portion of the en'lbroidery is apt to split or open up when the ombroidery is bleached and finished or after the embroidery has been in use for a short while, thereby causing the threads which constitute the edge of the embroidery to separate or pull apart laterally,'as shown in Fig. 3.

Another objectionable feature of the SchifHi embroidery edge is that the parallel stitches l which constitute the edge are often severed in the operation of removing the portion A of the cloth that lies outside of the edge, so that said stitches fray out or ravel shortly after the embroidery has been in use, thus causing the embroidery to have a worn and frayed-out look.

The ob `ect of my invention is to provide an edge for embroidery which has not the objectionable features of the ordinary Schiflii embroidery edge and to this end I have devised an embroidery edge which is composed of a series of festoons formed from parallel stitches arranged at approximately right angles to the length lof the embroidery, and means for lockingsaid festoons together and binding Vthe stitches composing same to the cloth,

thereby reinforcing and strengthening the cloth longitudinally and preventing the cloth from splitting or the parallel stitches from separating laterally or from fraying out in case they are severed in the operation of cutting out the edge or separating it from the cloth which lies outside of same.

Referring to Fig. 4: of the drawings which illustrates one form of my invention, 2 designates parallel stitches (preferably lock stitches) arranged close together and at approXimately right angles tothe length of the embroidery so as to form a series of festoons, and 3 designates the means which locks said festoons together and binds the parallel stitches to the cloth, said means also above described,.

reinforcing and strengthening the cloth.

longitudinally. Said means consists of one A or more rows 3 of stitches, preferably lock ends of the festoons which the stitches 2 form and have said roivs follovv the general outline of the edge of the embroidery but it is immaterial so far as my broad idea is coneerned, Whetherl this locking means follows the exact outline of the edge so long as it performs its functions, namely, locking the festoons together and binding the stitches 2 comprising same to the cloth so as to prevent said stitches 2 from separating laterally or from fraying out, and also strengthening the cloth longitudinally7 and laterally and thus improving the appearance of the embroidery edge and giving it additional weight and stiffness. The exact number of locking stitches 3 per inch is also immaterial so far as my broad idea is concerned, and as preif'iously stated, one or more roWs of said stitches can be used. form the locking stitches 3 on the same ma.- chine on which the embroidery is made and at the same time the embroidery is made by which it is to be understood that the embroidery edge is formed in the usual manner on a Schili'li machine, With a needle thread and a shuttle thread for each festoon, and the longitudinal locking stitches are therefore necessarily formed of the same needle threads as the parallel edge stitches, but, if desired, said locking stitches can be formed by a separate machine after the embroidery has been removed from the machine on which it is formed, and either before or after the embroidery is bleached and finished. i

My improved embroidery edge can be manufactured at approximately the same cost as Schiffli embroidery edge or other machine-made embroidery edges but it is a decided improvement on such embroidery edges because the series of festoons which constitute the edge proper of the embroidery edge, and each of which is formed from a plurality of parallel stitches, are securely locked together and bound to the cloth by one or more rows of stitches that extend l prefer to transversely of same and thus prevent the edge from opening up or splitting after the embroidery has been in use for a short time. Furthemore, the locking stitches prevent the parallel stitches which form the festoons from fraying out or raveling in ease the ends of said stitches are severed during the operation of cutting out the edge, and said locking` stitches also reinforce the cloth longitudinally, improve the appearance' of the edge and give it more Weight and firmness so that it is not so apt to tear or snag.

Having thus described my invention, what l; claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

ln a strip of embroidered trimming of the Schiltli type, having festoons comprising parallel edge stitches formed of one needle thread and one shuttle thread for each fes toon on the foundation fabric, the improvement which consists in a series of parallel roivs of locking stitches for each festoon formed of the same threads as the parallel edge stitches in said festoon and extending longitudinally throughout the festoons, transversely across the parallel edge stitches near the outer ends of said stitches, following substantially the outline of the edge of the embroidered trimming, and forming a bead or purl as a wearing surface on the outer edge, said transverse locking stitches for each festoon crossing and reinforcing the meeting points of the festoons and fastening the festoons together and fastening down and binding together the parallel edge stitches, thus preventing the parallel edge stitches from separating laterally or from fraying out when the foundation fabric is cut aivay.

ln testimony whereof I hereunto aiiiX my signature in the presence of tivo Witnesses, this ninth day ofDecember 1910.

l MAHLON J., NEUMANN. Witnesses EARL L. FARLEY, Lamina M. L. Vimos.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatcnts, Washington, D. C. 

